Make your own custom tea towel for fall using glitter heat transfer vinyl and a Silhouette machine.
This post is sponsored by my friends at Expressions Vinyl. Some affiliate links may be used.
Today I'm sharing a step-by-step tutorial and free cut file for making a custom tea towel. It says, "Pumpkin Spice Season" and is made from the prettiest glittery heat transfer vinyl from Expressions Vinyl. They sell two colors of gold glitter HTV. The picture below shows "Old Gold" on top and "Gold" on the bottom.
Both gold colors are pretty, but for this project I chose the more coppery Old Gold color.
Step 1: To start, download the free templates found at the bottom of this post. One is a png file and one is a Silhouette file. If you have a Cricut machine (or if the Silhouette file won't open properly for you), download the png, open it in the design software and use the trace feature to outline the shapes.
Step 2: Scale your design to fit on your tea towel, then MIRROR THE IMAGE! Don't forget this step or your words will be backwards! Once the image is mirrored, adjust the cut settings to blade - 4, speed - 4, thickness - 18.
Step 4: Carefully weed the design. Peel off all of the big pieces of extra vinyl first...
...then use a straight pin or weeding tool to remove the little pieces.
When I think I've weeded all the pieces, I like to flip the image over to check for anything I might have missed. It's easier to see on the front side.
Step 6: Peel away the clear plastic while it's still hot.
The suggested washing instructions are machine wash gentle and hang to dry. Don't forget to download the cut files below!
Looking for more heat transfer vinyl project ideas? Expressions Vinyl challenged a group of bloggers to create a fun HTV project and you can help me win by voting for my project! You may not know this about me, but I'm super competitive. haha.
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Love your project! TFS
ReplyDeleteThat gold glitter transfer is just PERFECT for the tea towel! Curious to know though if you actually use this pretty tea towel how the gold glitter holds up with use and wash?
ReplyDeleteI actually haven't washed it yet... it's still sitting in my craft room. 😜 But I have heard that the glitter washes well. You have inspired me to get the towel out and use it, so I'll let you know once I wash it!
DeleteThis is a cute fall craft project Jennifer! I love getting my Cricut out this time of year, and my daughter enjoys all things glittery - Thanks for the post!
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